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Chaldee, a. and n.|ˈkældiː, kælˈdiː|
Also 4 Caldey, 6 Chalde, 7 Caldie, Chaldy.
A. adj. = Chaldean, Chaldaic.
B. n.
a. A native of Chaldea.
b. The language of the Chaldeans: also the biblical ‘Syriac’ or Aramaic.
1382Wyclif Dan. ii. 10 Eche dyuynour, and witche, and Caldey. 1588R. Parke tr. Mandoza's Hist. China 304 Martin Simion..is a Chalde borne. 1602T. Fitzherbert Defence 49 As wel in the Greeke text, as in the Siriac & Caldie. 1668Wilkins Real Char. 5 A Language..which is sometimes called Syriac, and sometimes Chaldee.
So † Chaldeish, Chaldæism (= Chaldaism).
c15111st Eng. Bk. Amer. (Arb.) Introd. 30/2 Some of them speketh Caldesche some Arabier. 1535Coverdale Dan. i. 4 To lerne for to speake Caldeish. 1684N. S. Crit. Enq. Edit. Bible viii. 48 There are so many Chaldæisms in the Hebrew Text. |